Day of Drama in $250k Super High Roller as Kabrhel and Negreanu Clash
A dramatic day’s action in the $250,000-entry Super High Roller Event #46 saw PokerStake players’ stacks at risk under the lights as Day 21 of the 56th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a thrilling one. Martin Kabrhel once again fulfilled the role of pantomime villain but he finally succumbed to an even more ‘baddie’ move as a big name got the better of him in one of the hands of the 2025 WSOP so far.
Kabrhel Continues Until Kid Poker Calls Out
Day 2 of the $250,000 Super High Roller Event #46 was a stunner. Having taken out Alex Foxen once on Day 1, the Czech player went into the second day of three in the chip lead and initially continued in the same vein. Speech play is a tetchy subject to many and high rollers aren’t by general standards the most talkative bunch, such are the levels at which they are often playing poker.
Kabrhel, however, is a law unto himself and everyone got frustrated with his repetitive chatter throughout the day. At one point, asked by Kabrhel to take off his sunglasses, Nick Schulman snapped back: “What was that, p*ssy?” to the amusement of his tablemates.
That wasn’t far enough for Daniel Negreanu. Perhaps sick of constantly being referred to as ‘The Romanian’, Kabrhel’s general manner annoyed the Canadian Negreanu, who upon being raised one time by the Czech pro, bit back.
“One million, b*tch!” he said.
“I would have got a four-round penalty for saying that!” Kabrhel moaned before returning to his usual endless monotone in the next hand.
Foxen Out for Revenge on Czech Mate
When the day ended, Kabrhel’s victim on Day 1 was in the counts ahead of Day 3. Alex Foxen’s re-entry couldn’t have gone much better as after being eliminated by Martin Kabrhel on Day 1, Foxen made it past Kabrhel in the counts by the end of Day 2.
While Foxen grew to a stack of 48 big blinds, Thomas Boivin stacked 28 million – more than his nearest challenger Ben Tollerene, who was second in chips on 15.45m. Behind Foxen’s 14m, Seth Davies (10.5m), Bryn Kenney (9.9m) and David Peters (9.65m) all sat in a comfortable position in the chip counts.
It was Andrew ‘LuckyChewy’ Lichtenberger who busted in 11th place on the bubble, missing the money before Bing Diao and Daniel Negreanu left in 10th and 9th places respectively for a min-cash of more than double their entries. Negreanu was dominated to defeat by Alex Foxen, whose ace-king beat Kid Poker’s ace-nine to send the Canadian home just outside the final day but in more profit for PokerStake investors.
David Peters Scores a Win for Everyone
The problem with going hard against everyone as a poker player is that you make yourself the common enemy. Of course, this can work in your favor and there can be no doubt that Kabrhel has used his reputation to get paid on rivers for example in a previous high roller this series where he got Foxen to call a chunky bet with his endless stream of consciousness.
The trouble comes when you are put to the test yourself, however, and late in the day, a dream board that gave Kabrhel flopped trip eights and paired both Negreanu’s and David Peters’ ace-jack hands caused the Czech player to lose chunks. By the river, Negreanu had made a brilliant fold, the flop having come J-8-8. Peters was still in the hand but after Kabrhel’s bet of 2 million chips into 4.5 million, Peters shoved.
Looking for all the world like the ‘Thug Life’ meme made real, Peters’ move was not only brilliantly timed, coming on the bubble, but against the perfect opponent. The Czech player, suddenly silent, was put to the test for almost all of his chips, with Peters using the ace of spades in his hand to maximum effect, knowing that Kabrhel could not have the nut flush. Eventually, Kabrhel folded and on comms in the PokerGO Studio, Jeff Platt was as stunned as the many fans watching around the world.
Kabrhel was left on crumbs and if he is to win the Super High Roller bracelet tomorrow, he will have done it the hard way. But then, that will strike poker’s latest pantomime villain as fitting his narrative perfectly.
Here are all the players who remain in with a chance of winning the $4.75 million top prize and the most valuable WSOP bracelet of the 2025 series so far:
| WSOP Event #46 $250,000 Super High Roller Day 2 Chip Counts: | |||
| Year | Player | Country | Chips |
| 1st | Thomas Boivin | Belgium | 28,025,000 |
| 2nd | Ben Tollerene | United States | 15,450,000 |
| 3rd | Alex Foxen | United States | 14,525,000 |
| 4th | Seth Davies | United States | 10,500,000 |
| 5th | Bryn Kenney | United States | 9,925,000 |
| 6th | David Peters | United States | 9,650,000 |
| 7th | Martin Kabrhel | Czechia | 3,675,000 |
| 8th | Chris Brewer | United States | 2,725,000 |